It saved me, really, taking that punt and doing that."Ĥ. That really saw me through it, both financially and socially. "I guess it became a kind of meeting point for a lot of like-minded people who also felt that they didn’t fit into the dominant culture, which is very much a kind of elitist, white, dinner-jacket culture, the black-tie culture.
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"It drew in quite a mixed crowd both from the universities there and people who lived in Oxford, who had nothing to do with being students," Ahmed recalled in a 2015 interview with Skin Deep. While studying at Oxford, he launched the popular club night Hit+Run, which later moved to Manchester. Ahmed met Yousafzai when he returned to his alma mater to give a speech in 2018.ģ. It's the same highly prestigious Oxford degree attained by former British Prime Ministers Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and David Cameron, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and current Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan. He graduated from the University of Oxford after studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE).
Ahmed tells a brief anecdote about learning of this, reported by .Ģ. In 1929, he was knighted by King George V for his distinguished public service. He's a descendant of Sir Shah Suleiman, an eminent Indian judge.ĭuring the British colonial era, Suleiman was the first Indian to be appointed Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court – one of India's highest authorities.
To whet your appetite for his appearance on the season premiere of The Graham Norton Show, which airs Friday (October 9) at 11pm EST on BBC America, here are 10 things you might not know about this extremely talented and politically engaged British actor.ġ. He's now promoting his latest film Mogul Mowgli, which he co-wrote and stars in as British-Pakistani rapper who returns to his family after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.
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Since beginning his career nearly 15 years ago, Riz Ahmed has built an impressively varied résumé, shifting between intriguing TV roles ( Girls, Dead Set, The Night Of – for which he won an Emmy) and movies ranging from the pitch-black satire Four Lions to the Star Wars blockbuster Rogue One.
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